The People’s Progressive Party today extended best wishes to former government minister and Member of Parliament, Reepu Daman Persaud who celebrated his 75th birthday yesterday.
In a statement, the party said ”Cde. Reepu Daman Persaud is now the longest serving member of the Party’s Central Committee. He has been serving at this level for more than fifty (50) years”.
The party said that over this period he emerged as one of the country’s national leaders who participated in many important and historic events. These, it said, included the anti-colonial struggles, the fight to restore democracy and the period of reconstruction and building of Guyana.
“As a Member of Parliament from 1964 to 2006 Cde. Reepu served the Guyanese people with distinction. In the opposition benches he had to contend with many leading legal luminaries. He held his own and kept the struggle for democracy in focus. He was also the Party’s spokesman for agriculture and again took to task many of the PNC regime’s Agriculture Ministers.
“From 1992 to 2006 he was the leader of the House. Again he served with distinction, as he did in his ministerial portfolios.
“Cde. Reepu Daman Persaud is also the leading Hindu Pandit in Guyana. This is a title he earned”, the statement added.
